Coinciding with World Oceans Day a Pacific Marine Climate Change Report Card was launched today.
The report creates an understanding of how exactly climate change impacts the marine environment in the region
The Pacific…

Taken together Clean Seas is now the largest global compact for combatting marine litter, with commitments covering 62% of the world’s coastlines.
India joined Clean Seas this week, committing to banning all single-use…

Several countries in Latin America and the Caribbean are protecting millions of square kilometers of seas in some of the world’s most biodiverse zones.
Marine protected areas are one of the best tools to safeguard the…

In February 2018 the Government of Seychelles announced the creation of two new areas for marine protection covering 16 per cent (210,000 square kilometres) of its ocean:
• 74,400 square kilometres of mostly deep and some…

From the icy splendour of the Arctic to the inky depths of the Mariana ocean trench, plastic waste is threatening our seas, killing our wildlife and polluting our food chain. The facts are undeniable: each year more than 8 …

By Samantha Craven, The Reef-World Foundation
Ocean pollution is continuing to make waves as the world come to grips with scale of the plastic pollution problem. News reports show a whale washed up on a beach with a stomach…

Versova Beach in Mumbai was once an idyllic, palm-fringed strip of tropical urban coastline. These days, the remarkable thing about the beach is that you can actually see it.
Relieved of about 5.5 million kilograms (or 5,…

Every year, governments around the world pour up to $35 billion into the fishing industry. Those subsidies are meant to support fisherman and ensure a steady supply of fish for people to eat. But a lot of that money ends up…

Oceans cover 71 per cent of the Earth’s surface and provide us with food, oxygen and jobs. But they are probably the least understood, most biologically diverse, and most undervalued of all ecosystems.
From deep oceans to…